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GLOBAL POSITIONING SATELLITE (GPS) SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
1. What are the objectives of the Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) Surveillance Program?
• The GPS program allows offenders to return to their respective communities to begin the reintegration process.
• Reduce prison overcrowding with a cost effective reentry program targeting non-violent inmates.
• Family reunification.
• Allow offenders the opportunity to obtain employment in their local communities and become taxpaying citizens.
• With the assistance of supervision officers, offenders participate in community based treatment and support programs.
• Provide an alternative to incarceration for non-violent offender that does not compromise community safety.
2. What type of offender is eligible for the GPS program?
• Must be a non-violent offender serving a sentence of five years or less and whose initial placement is not higher than minimum security level
OR
• A non-violent offender with no more than 11 months left to serve on their total term of incarcerations.
• Must have an approved home offer and must be able to remain in the home for at least 90 days.
• Must currently be assigned to a halfway house, community correctional center or community work centers.

GLOBAL POSITIONING SATELLITE (GPS) SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
1. What are the objectives of the Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) Surveillance Program?
• The GPS program allows offenders to return to their respective communities to begin the reintegration process.
• Reduce prison overcrowding with a cost effective reentry program targeting non-violent inmates.
• Family reunification.
• Allow offenders the opportunity to obtain employment in their local communities and become taxpaying citizens.
• With the assistance of supervision officers, offenders participate in community based treatment and support programs.
• Provide an alternative to incarceration for non-violent offender that does not compromise community safety.
2. What type of offender is eligible for the GPS program?
• Must be a non-violent offender serving a sentence of five years or less and whose initial placement is not higher than minimum security level
OR
• A non-violent offender with no more than 11 months left to serve on their total term of incarcerations.
• Must have an approved home offer and must be able to remain in the home for at least 90 days.
• Must currently be assigned to a halfway house, community correctional center or community work centers.